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The Indraéro Aéro 101 was a light training
biplane
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developed in France in the 1950s.
Design and service
It was a conventional design with single-bay staggered wings braced with an I-strut, and fixed tailskid undercarriage with divided main units. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits. A small batch of aircraft were ordered by
SALS for aeroclub use.
The prototype, known as the Aéro 110, differing from the later production Aero 101s by having a welded steel tube fuselage and a
Salmson 9ADb
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returning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s, and re-expanded to a number of products and services ...
radial engine, first flew on 1 May 1950
Operational history
Three examples of the type were current on the French Civil Aircraft Register in 2009, including an Aero 101C and two Aero 101s.
[Partington, 2009, pp 183-224]
Variants
;Aéro 110:Prototype of the Aero 101 with welded steel tube fuselage and
Salmson 9ADb
Salmson is a French engineering company. Initially a pump manufacturer, it turned to automobile and aeroplane manufacturing in the 20th century,
returning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s, and re-expanded to a number of products and services ...
radial engine first flown on 1 May 1950, 1 built.
;Aéro 101: Ten production aircraft built with wooden structure and powered by
Minié 4.DC.32 engines, first flown on 27 July 1951.
;Aéro 101C: At least one aircraft fitted with a
Continental A65
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.
Specifications (Aéro 101)
References
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Aero 110
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1950s French civil trainer aircraft
Indraéro aircraft
Biplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1951